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2025 Gerda & Kurt Klein Guardian of Freedom Award ~ Administrative Professional Nomination

This award was established in 2018 as a tribute to Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and her husband Kurt Klein. Gerda and Kurt dedicated their lives to the lessons from the Holocaust and recognized prosecution professionals as guardians of freedom. They understood that prosecution professionals are the living embodiment of the United States Constitution, and that we are often times the last line of defense for the rights of both victims and the accused.

This award recognizes an Arizona Administrative Professional in a municipal, county attorney and/or Attorney General prosecution office who has demonstrated exceptional professionalism in ethical decision-making in the pursuit of justice. This award is not meant to award tough trial victories, but victories of conscience. It will be awarded to the Administrative Professional who lives up to Gerda and Kurt’s ideals, who makes the right decision, regardless of the effect to the outcome of a case. As such, this is not necessarily an annual award; rather, it is awarded as exceptional actions warrant.

Award nominations must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025. The APAAC Council will review all nominations and select the winner at its June 24, 2025, Council Meeting.

If this award is presented in 2025, it will be done at the 2025 Annual Administrative Professional Conference on August 1, 2025.

1.Nominee's first name:(Required.)
2.Nominee's last name:(Required.)
3.Nominee's job title:(Required.)
4.Which prosecution office does the nominee work for?(Required.)
5.What is the nominee's e-mail address?(Required.)
Only one administrative professional may be nominated from each prosecution office. Although anyone, including an individual from outside the prosecution office, may nominate an administrative professional, the chief prosecutor from that office must approve the nomination.
6.What is the nominator's name:(Required.)
7.Nominator's e-mail address:(Required.)
8.Nominator's phone number:(Required.)
9.Did the chief prosecutor from the administrative assistant's office approve the nomination?(Required.)
10.Please provide a 125–150-word summary of why you are nominating the administrative professional. This will be printed in the award brochure.(Required.)
11.Please explain, in a maximum of 800 words, the reasons why you believe the individual is deserving of the award. This explanation will be provided to the APAAC Council members for consideration when they select the award winner.(Required.)
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